Our Friendly World with Fawn and Matt - Friendship Tools

Our Friendly World with Fawn and Matt - Friendship Tools


Latest Episodes

The Gossipy Friend, how Twitter has destroyed our bond with one button; why friendship is so important and can save our society, especially right at this moment in time.
May 15, 2022

Sharing stories is the key to bonding. We explain the difference between sharing and telling a story. Then we get to the bad sharing which is another kind of storytelling/sharing (gossip) that destroy

The Ikigai of Friendship - Moving to Everyday Meaning and Joy in Life
May 08, 2022

Let's look at the word, the concept, and the root of Ikigai, which is about giving everyday meaning and joy. Let's look at the Ikigai. The word Ikigai comes from Iki meaning, life and gai, meaning, va

The Art of Ceremony and the Value of Ritual
May 01, 2022

Ceremony, what does it really mean? What is it? What is a daily ceremony? It's an intentional routine that's connected with how you start, how you move through, or how you end your day, the goal of ce

The Ceremonies of Life and the Disappointed Friend
April 24, 2022

It was about the ceremony. It was about the experience. It was about the grief. It was about the, it was about my mom. It wasn't about these random people. I don't care really don't care. And honestly

The Art of the Compliment - Compliment vs Complement
April 17, 2022

How can a compliment open the doors to friendship or even save someone's life? We discuss in this episode of "The Art of the Compliment" as we understand the ways to establish joy, kindness, and since

The Art of Conversation and SEL (Social Emotional Learning)
April 10, 2022

We discuss the art of conversation as the basis for the art of friendship, as we share three main components for conversing (Invite Insight Incite). We explore social-emotional learning and how we can

A Kind World - Finding Freedom and Truth During a Tumultuous Time, with Barry Lane
April 03, 2022

Our Kindness expert, Barry Lane is back to remind us that "Kindness is Truth, Kindness is Freedom." Barry soothes our nerves with his sweet songs (two new songs as we record live in Barry's studio - t

Colors - How We Perceive Colors in Life and Color Translates In Our Connections with Each Other
March 27, 2022

Flowers evolve to be attractive to bees so that they can pollinate and they can reproduce themselves, which is if there's a lot of competition in the flower world, this is why you have such stunning o

Social Penetration Theory - Outlining the Stages and Layers of Friendship
March 20, 2022

Social penetration was theorized in the seventies by two sociologists trying to figure out how people become friends and attempting to categorize different kinds of classifications of friends. We brea

The Quiet Friend - Speaking Up in Defense of Others or Having Our heads in the Sand?
March 13, 2022

When is it OK to be quiet? When someone is hurting, is it OK to be quiet? When you know there is injustice, do you go about your day and just focus on yourself? If you lived in Europe before WWII and